A3 crash in Guildford on 1 November 2013 at 17:37 involving a Vauxhall Astravan
A Vauxhall Astravan and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 17:37 on Friday 1 November 2013. A 10-year-old male passenger in the Ford Mondeo and a 10-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Nov 2013
- Friday, 17:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astravan and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2665, longitude -0.53581, in the GU4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burpham, Guildford, GU4 7LJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013450010478
- Council area
- Guildford
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 1990.
Slight
Kawasaki ZX900 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 11 February 1990
12 m awayRef 199045WG00054
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Guildford, 2 March 1984
12 m awayRef 198445GD00073
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Guildford, 22 January 1983
15 m awayRef 198345CD00023
Slight
Vauxhall Senator crash on the A3 in Guildford, 27 May 1990
16 m awayRef 199045WG00259
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Guildford, 4 February 1983
19 m awayRef 198345GD00053
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 26 September 2009
21 m awayRef 200945GU43880
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astravan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2013450010478 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Guildford road accident statistics for 2013.